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What Does a Character
Designer Do?
Index
1. What Does a Character Designer Do?
1. Job Responsibilities Of A Character Designer
1. Why Become A Character Designer
Character Design
What Does a Character Designer Do?
 Character Designer creates the look and feels of
animated characters.
 Character Designers are only found in some
instances where the character are complex and
important enough to merit specific attention.
 In this role, you work mainly in animation, video
games and illustration.
What Does a Character Designer Do?
 Character Designer creates the look and feels of
animated characters.
 Character Designers are only found in some
instances where the character are complex and
important enough to merit specific attention.
 In this role, you work mainly in animation, video
games and illustration.
 You are an Illustrator, Animator, Concept Artist and
Game Artist meaning that you design your
characters, bring them to life, then flesh out their
look.
 In the beginning stage, the animator works on
imagines and sketch out the first draft of characters.
 If the animator is working on a virtual character,
they use computer graphics and 3D modeling to
design and animate by adding in color, molding its
movements and adding its sounds.
 Animator continues refining the characters
throughout the game, making sure the way it roars
and flips it mane is perfect.
 To work in this field as an animator, you must be
very creative and imaginative and have the excellent
knowledge to make your creation come to life.
 Animator responsible for a character from
conception to death, so animator must be well versed
in all technical proficiencies that are generally split
between several fields.
Job Responsibilities
Job Responsibilities Of A Character
Designer
Job Responsibilities of a character designer
include:
 Character designers are responsible for
conceptualizing and creating characters for various
platforms, including tv, games and new media.
1. Reading the provided script to build character
models or image that fit into the story.
2. Gathering inspiration and research when designing
a new character to ensure correct anatomy and
costuming that fits the setting.
3. Meetings with clients, game designers or directors to
further develop and change the character design.
4. Creating different versions of the same character so
that team can choose the most representative
features.
5. Most importantly they must meet deadlines and see
to it that they deliver their work on assigned time.
Why Become A Character Designer
 One of the important reasons to become a graphic
designer is to have a passion for making unique
characters.
 In this highly-specialised field, character designers
combine the tasks of a game designer, illustrator and
animator into one role in the search for that special
character that will define the video game or
animation post-production.
 Character designers are also paid well.
Thank You

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What does a Character Designer do?

  • 1. What Does a Character Designer Do?
  • 2. Index 1. What Does a Character Designer Do? 1. Job Responsibilities Of A Character Designer 1. Why Become A Character Designer
  • 4. What Does a Character Designer Do?  Character Designer creates the look and feels of animated characters.  Character Designers are only found in some instances where the character are complex and important enough to merit specific attention.  In this role, you work mainly in animation, video games and illustration.
  • 5. What Does a Character Designer Do?  Character Designer creates the look and feels of animated characters.  Character Designers are only found in some instances where the character are complex and important enough to merit specific attention.  In this role, you work mainly in animation, video games and illustration.
  • 6.  You are an Illustrator, Animator, Concept Artist and Game Artist meaning that you design your characters, bring them to life, then flesh out their look.  In the beginning stage, the animator works on imagines and sketch out the first draft of characters.
  • 7.  If the animator is working on a virtual character, they use computer graphics and 3D modeling to design and animate by adding in color, molding its movements and adding its sounds.  Animator continues refining the characters throughout the game, making sure the way it roars and flips it mane is perfect.
  • 8.  To work in this field as an animator, you must be very creative and imaginative and have the excellent knowledge to make your creation come to life.  Animator responsible for a character from conception to death, so animator must be well versed in all technical proficiencies that are generally split between several fields.
  • 10. Job Responsibilities Of A Character Designer Job Responsibilities of a character designer include:  Character designers are responsible for conceptualizing and creating characters for various platforms, including tv, games and new media. 1. Reading the provided script to build character models or image that fit into the story.
  • 11. 2. Gathering inspiration and research when designing a new character to ensure correct anatomy and costuming that fits the setting. 3. Meetings with clients, game designers or directors to further develop and change the character design.
  • 12. 4. Creating different versions of the same character so that team can choose the most representative features. 5. Most importantly they must meet deadlines and see to it that they deliver their work on assigned time.
  • 13. Why Become A Character Designer
  • 14.  One of the important reasons to become a graphic designer is to have a passion for making unique characters.  In this highly-specialised field, character designers combine the tasks of a game designer, illustrator and animator into one role in the search for that special character that will define the video game or animation post-production.  Character designers are also paid well.